To make alive
ζωοποιέωStrong’s G2227zōopoieō
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Zōopoieō is the Greek word usually translated “gives life”, “giving life” and “is giving life”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.”
Meaning
Usually translated “gives life”, “giving life” and “is giving life”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gives life 3
- giving life 1
- is giving life 1
- will give life 1
- will be made alive 1
- does come to life 1
- life-giving 1
- to impart life 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- John 2
- Romans 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- Romans 4:17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
- Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 15:36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
- 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Greek dictionary
ζωοποιέω zōopoieō · to make alive
ζωο-ποιέω, ῶ [in LXX for חָיָה pi., hi., Jdg.21:14, 4Ki.5:7, Neh.9:6, Job.36:6, Psa.70:20, Ecc.7:12 * ;] 1. in cl. (= ζωογονέω), to produce alive. 2. In LXX and NT, to make alive, cause to live, quicken (DCG, ii, 606a; Cremer, 275): Jhn.5:21 6:53, Rom.4:17 8:11, 1Co.15:45, 2Co.3:6, Gal.3:21. Pass., 1Co.15:22 15:36, 1Pe.3:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.